Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Job Dews was transported on the Bengal Merchant, departing 4th Aug 1836 and arriving 9th Dec 1836 with 271 passengers.
Bengal Merchant (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 346 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
Claims
No one has claimed Job Dews yet.
Convict Notes
An inquest was held on the 2/9/1862 by Forster Shaw, coroner at Geelong at Job Dews' house at Marnock Vale.(Inquest index 746/62). On the 2nd September a deposition was taken from Anne Donahue who had been serving Job with milk for the previous 6 or 7 weeks, delivering every second day. She last saw Job on Sunday morning, leaving the milk on the table as the door was open and she saw Job was asleep on the sofa. The next day she called by at 3.30 and found the door open as it was the previous day. Job was lying on his back on the floor with his neck resting on a tin bucket, dressed in his trousers, waistcoat, stockings and slippers. Anne ran for Mrs Hunter, and they both seeing that Job was dead went to Mr Jeffrey the publican. He called the police. Job had been in delicate health, and had returned from Ballarat about 6 weeks previously. Forster Shaw determined that he died from debility.
Job Dews was granted Ticket of Leave 18th July 1841 “PRINCIPAL Superintendent of Convicts' Office, Sydney, 29th July, 1841. The undermentioned male prisoners of the Crown have obtained tickets-of-leave since the last day of publication: PATRICK'S PLAINS…Job Dews." The Sydney Herald (NSW: 1831 - 1842) Tuesday 3 August 1841
The notes in the West Riding Herald say he “committed wilful and corrupt perjury in his testimony given upon oath as a witness in an appeal against an order of bastardy†to which he pleaded guilty.